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Fifty-One Weeks Old (May 27, 2011)

Hello! Just a quick check in--I wanted to get the 51-week picture posted in a timely manner so the last weekly orange chair picture can have its own special post (Arlo's one-year birthday seems like a...

Twenty-Nine and Thirty Weeks Old (December 31, 2010)

Arlo is seven months old today--my, how time flies! He's still working diligently on figuring out how to crawl and erupting his first few teeth. I'm happy to wait a little longer on the crawling (we h...

Ten Weeks Old (August 10, 2010)

Arlo is ten weeks old! We celebrated with a picnic in Piccolo Park and waffles with Andrew, who was in town for the weekend (yay!). Arlo is doing well. Of course, after finding out that h...

Arlo Cuteness and Adventures (July 24, 2010)

We've got baby smiles! So great :) Arlo has become alert for longer stretches of time in the last few weeks, which is so fun! There's still plenty of crying, but at least it's balanced out by l...

Week 37 Recap, Part 2 (May 24, 2010)

Thirty-eight (and a half) weeks! Sorry to keep you in suspense by being quiet for so long. The baby is still in the belly, though he did drop last night when I was getting ready for bed. I felt some b...

Baby Shower (April 20, 2010)

We had a great weekend! Tree came up for a visit, and we lucked out and had really beautiful weather. On Saturday, we walked up to Jam for breakfast, then walked down Hawthorne, stopping at Cool Cotto...

Week 29 Recap (March 27, 2010)

Wow, 30 weeks! Three-quarters of the way there. I'm definitely starting to feel a little unwieldy, but it's not too bad. I've been feeling fewer sharp kicks recently, which is consistent wi...

Week 27 Recap (March 13, 2010)

Twenty-eight weeks! We've made it to the third trimester. Good job, baby! Here's a bonus family portrait to celebrate (we tried to get Patches in there too, but she wasn't interested). We had...

Week 24 Recap (February 21, 2010)

Twenty-five weeks! Okay, twenty-five and a half--we've been having so much fun this weekend enjoying the beautiful early spring weather in Portland that this post got a little delayed. I'd forgotten h...

Week 22 Recap (February 7, 2010)

So, like I said, I was in California for work last week, so I had to find a substitute mirror for my weekly photo. Luckily, there's one in the womens locker room at work that did the job just fine. ...

Week 18 Recap (January 7, 2010)

Today marks the start of week 19! Highlights for the coming week include the baby reaching 6 inches in length and the start of vernix production. Oh, and we find out if it's a boy or a girl on Wednesd...

Anniversary Trip to Vancouver (December 31, 2009)

Happy almost-New Year! I was lucky enough to have both last week and this week off from work, which has been so relaxing. I don't think I've had a 2-week-long break since college! We spent last week v...

Porch Work, Portland Marathon, and Saturday in Sellwood (October 6, 2009)

I feel like it has been forever since I've updated, but I guess it hasn't been that long. I just haven't done much of note in the past few weeks. The weather turned cold suddenly last week, and I just...

MusicFest NW 2009 (September 25, 2009)

So, MusicFest NW went well. I didn't even get sick this year! I think the secret was only staying up past midnight on one night instead of four nights in a row (I don't know how I did that last year!)...

Weekend Plans and Recent Life Update (September 17, 2009)

Some recent tidbits: Shangri-La, the new Indian place at SE 26th and Clinton appears to have closed (already!). Bummer--we never got to try their full menu! They've scraped the paint off the wind...

Enjoying the Summer (Mostly) (August 3, 2009)

Man, I meant to write about last weekend sooner, but it got so hot this past week, and I couldn't bear to have my laptop on my lap. But now, with the sun down and the fan aimed at me, I think I can ma...

Best Ketchup, Tour de Coops, and Pie-Off (July 21, 2009)

Note to self: Bread and Ink has totally awesome ketchup! We went there for pre-trivia dinner about a month ago, and I was totally impressed by their ketchup (I think I said, "Is this what ketchup u...

Seattle to Portland 2009 (July 21, 2009)

We made a quick trip to Seattle the weekend before last so that Patrick could do the Seattle to Portland bike ride for the third time, along with Andrew and Jon. I came along to help get the car back ...

Fourth of July Baking, Garden Pictures (July 8, 2009)

Patrick's family was in town this past weekend, so on the fourth of July we hosted a barbecue and then went to see the fireworks on the SE waterfront (it was very crowded, so next year we'll probably ...

Oregon Coast Camping and Ocean's Edge 5k (June 19, 2009)

Portland must be rubbing off on me, because this past weekend, I went camping and ran a 5k, and I enjoyed it! When we finished our first 5k, I searched for more upcoming events on active.com, and the ...

New Neighborhood Restaurant, Recent Cooking (June 8, 2009)

Due to our lack of menu planning, we had some nice meals around SE Portland this weekend. We ate lunch at Broder on Saturday. Man, I love that place! We're so lucky to live nearby. This time I had the...

Lilacs, Kitchen History, Bunk Sandwiches (May 3, 2009)

I think I'm more aware of plants now that we live in Portland, both because we have a garden and because we walk and bike a lot, so we notice our surroundings more often. Right now, lilacs are in bloo...

Rhubarb Cake, Food Cart Fest, Bee Class Part Deux (April 20, 2009)

I'm loving the spring produce lately! I bought two big armfuls of rhubarb at the farmers' market on Wednesday (first of the season!), and after much consideration, I made Nigella Lawson's Irish tarte ...

Egg Press Sale + Meat Cheese Bread (April 9, 2009)

Hey, Portland folks! Egg Press is having a sample sale at their SE Portland warehouse through Saturday. We stopped by this afternoon, and I had a great time pawing through boxes and boxes of loose car...

Gardening, Cheesemaking, Beekeeping, and Fancy Hats (March 15, 2009)

It's exciting to see signs of spring here in Portland! Daffodils and a lone crocus have popped up around our yard, and we have other mystery bulbs poking up that have yet to bloom (maybe tulips?). A f...

Out and About in Portland (March 3, 2009)

We've been having a good time in Portland, as usual! Let's see... We went on a moss and lichen nature walk at Tryon Creek State Park a week or so ago. I learned so much about moss and lichen (not a...

Special Days (February 12, 2009)

What an exciting group of birthdays we have this week--Lee's yesterday, Lincoln's today, and the entire state of Oregon's on Saturday! (I love that the Oregon 150th birthday mascot is a Sasquatch, tho...

Miscellany (February 5, 2009)

I'm not feeling too wordy tonight, so I'll do this in bullet form: A couple weekends ago, Patrick planted trees in the Woodstock neighborhood (did I tell you he's a Friends of Trees assistant cre...

Belly Timber (January 10, 2009)

We were running errands on Hawthorne this morning, so we stopped for brunch at Belly Timber. It's located in a nice old Victorian house, and I liked the way they combined embossed wallpaper with paint...

New Year's Eve, Vacation Cooking (January 7, 2009)

Hmm, it appears that I haven't written in a while, based on my backlog of food photos. Let's see... We had a nice, low-key New Year's Eve. We went to Bar Avignon (a cozy bistro/wine bar) for dinner...

Tree Planting, Simpatica, Real Furniture (December 9, 2008)

We woke up early on Saturday morning to the first frost of the season. We layered up with lots of Smartwool and headed over to a church in the Richmond neighborhood for our Friends of Trees planting d...

New Clothes, House Work, Apple-Quince Tart (November 17, 2008)

I bought some nice fall/winter clothes yesterday! My original plan was to stop by Pin Me to buy some Orla Kiely rain boots at 25% off (there seemed to be lots of big sales this weekend), but the boots...

Little Blue Waffle Wagon (November 14, 2008)

Patrick has been working from home this week because he had a cold, but since he was feeling better today, we went out for lunch, to the Little Blue Waffle Wagon at SE 33rd and Division. We had passed...

Little T American Baker (November 2, 2008)

We just went to little t american baker for lunch, and it was great! You know how back in grad school, I was disillusioned with science and looking for an awesome bakery to work at in the Bay Area? We...

New Old House Numbers, Anniversary, Apple Woes (October 11, 2008)

We still haven't gotten to any big home improvement projects, but we're making headway on the little things. Earlier this week, we replaced our original (cracked, painted) Old Portland house numbers w...

Aqualung, Sugar Waffles, Crafty Plans (October 5, 2008)

Last Sunday, we stopped in at the Polish Festival and waited in long lines for pierogies and potato pancakes. And then I made Patrick go furniture shopping on Mississippi Ave., even though he probably...

Welcome the Rain, Biscuits, Accordion (October 3, 2008)

Last Friday night, we went back to Doug Fir to take in a show (that's what people our age are supposed to do, right?). We were there to see the second band of the night, A Weather, but we were very pu...

Plenty of Room at the Hotel California (September 16, 2008)

This week, Patrick and I are living it up at the Hotel California in Palo Alto. It has kind of a budget feel to it, but it's in a good location (right next to the train station, two grocery stores, Su...

Miscellany (Fishcakes, Terrarium, Switchplate Art) (September 11, 2008)

Some things I've been meaning to tell you about: I couldn't resist the okra at our farmers' market, but I wasn't sure what to make with it. I tried Madhur Jaffrey's recipe for okra with tomatoe...

Music Fest Northwest Recap (September 7, 2008)

We spent the last four nights at live music performances as part of Music Fest Northwest, and I am exhausted! It was great though. We did it in order to familiarize ourselves with the Portland music s...

Big Farmers' Market, Biking around SE Portland (August 31, 2008)

It has been raining off and on today, but the weather was nice yesterday, and we spent most of it riding around Portland on our bikes. In the morning, we rode across the bridge to PSU campus, to check...

Worms, Cycling, Live Wire (August 27, 2008)

Yesterday night we started vermicomposting! We had gotten a Reln Wriggly Wranch when we lived in Menlo Park, subsidized by San Mateo County, but we had never gotten around to filling it with worms and...

Self-Employment, Patches, Wood Chips (August 23, 2008)

And so ends our first week working from Portland. I can't decide if working from home is good or bad. I'm finding it more relaxing than going to work, and I like that I can take a few minutes to put s...

Ice Cream Truck, Broder, House Pictures (August 12, 2008)

Oh my god, our new neighborhood has an ice cream truck! It has a painting of a dragon eating ice cream on the side. I'm stoked! (Our neighborhood also has a scary war veteran house that is very pla...

Colorado Recap and Moving Update (August 3, 2008)

I keep meaning to write about our visit to Colorado last weekend, but there hasn't been time to do a full write-up. In short, we spent a couple days last week visiting my dad, stepmom, and sister in F...

Miscellany (June 22, 2008)

We're still buying the Portland house, as far as we know. For the past few days, we've been working on gathering the financial documents required by our lender, and Patrick is going to fly back out to...

Visit to Portland and Bend (June 11, 2008)

As I mentioned earlier, we visited Portland and Bend, Oregon, over Memorial Day weekend. The main impetus behind the trip was that the Decemberists were playing a concert in Bend. This was the only De...

Day in SF (May 18, 2008)

We had a fun day in the city today. Our main reason for going was to see the Annie Leibovitz exhibition at the Legion of Honor (running through next Sunday), but I threw in a few other activities whil...

Dinner at Greens, Spring Cleaning, First Cherries (May 11, 2008)

Life is good. Yesterday, after spending a week eating pulled pork leftovers, we had a nice, healthy salad for lunch (romaine, balsamic vinaigrette, yummy roasted beets in three different colors, sprou...

Biking the Golden Gate Bridge (May 6, 2008)

We had a fun day out and about yesterday. After much urging from my boss (who likes to live vicariously through Patrick and me, since we don't have kids and she does), Patrick and I finally got around...

All Food, All the Time (May 3, 2008)

I was thinking--it's a little odd that when I look back on this time, I'll just have a record of what we ate. But there's just not much else to tell right now--life is good. We have a routine for the ...

Weekend in the Garden (April 13, 2008)

This has been an enjoyable weekend with awesome weather! On Friday, it was supposed to get up to 85F, so Patrick and I both took half days off of work and met up after lunch to enjoy the sun together....

Last Berkeley Rep Play, Dutch Goose, Sunny Outing in Palo Alto (April 6, 2008)

A few weekends ago, we headed over the East Bay for our third and final performance of the season at Berkeley Rep. We stopped at Poulet for lunch. It reminded me of how JZ Cool used to be before it tu...

Washington DC (March 27, 2008)

Last week, I attended a class outside of Washington DC for work, and Patrick came along for fun. We flew out Saturday morning on a direct flight. There were a few in-flight movies to choose from, and ...

Mammoth Weekend (March 23, 2008)

Man, it has been a busy couple of weeks! Two weekends ago, we went to Mammoth with some of my coworkers. Most of them were there to ski or snowboard, but after my unpleasant snowboarding experience la...

Savory Food Roundup (December 27, 2007)

Hmm, it appears I haven't written anything in almost a month. My bad! Now that I have a couple days off, let's see if I can catch up. First the savory stuff... 1. Flank steak with shiitake mushroom...

Argonautika, Sens, Piccino (November 22, 2007)

Argonautika Two weekends ago, we attended our second Berkeley Rep show of the season, Mary Zimmerman's Argonautika. There was a Cal game that day, and we ended up arriving at the theatre a few minu...

Saturday Relaxing and Recent Restaurant Visits (November 4, 2007)

We have enjoyed a string of nice, relaxed weekends recently. I love it! Last Saturday was especially nice. I made us a breakfast of Blueberry-Yogurt Waffles (from Dorie Greenspan's Waffles from Mornin...

Mendocino Anniversary Trip (October 17, 2007)

A little over a week ago, we spent a long weekend in Mendocino to celebrate our second wedding anniversary. We chose Mendocino because we'd never been there and because we could drive there instead of...

Jay and Heather's Wedding (September 30, 2007)

Yesterday we attended Patrick's older brother Jay's wedding. This was the first wedding we'd been to since our own, nearly two years ago. It was a beautiful wedding, and I'm so glad that Heather is ...

End-of-Summer Barbeque (September 15, 2007)

Last weekend, we hosted a barbecue because two of our college friends, Chrissy and Gunny (those are their college nicknames; if you ask them, my husband's name is Patty), were visiting from Southern C...

Musicals, Food, New Domain Name (September 9, 2007)

Catching up, in list form: We have harvested two Crane melons from our garden so far. They're small, but they taste like melons all right! The flavor is similar to a cantaloupe, but with a hi...

Weekend at Treebones, Big Sur (September 8, 2007)

We recently enjoyed a weekend getaway in Big Sur. We spent a lot of time on the Central Coast when we were planning our wedding, but we haven't been back much since. I'd read about Treebones, a yurt...

East Bay Excursion: Dopo and Kona Club (August 21, 2007)

A week ago, we headed over to Oakland to attend Tree and Andrew's house-cooling party (they're moving to a new place closer to us; yay!). We started with dinner at Dopo, which I'd been wanting to vis...

Delfina, JZ Cool Eatery and Wine Bar (August 8, 2007)

Next up, accounts of two recent restaurant visits--one good, one not so good. Delfina I've tried a few times in the past to get reservations at Delfina but never far enough in advance. I had he...

STP 2007 Trip Recap: Portland (August 4, 2007)

Here's the rest of our Seattle-to-Portland vacation recap (Seattle part here). Saturday, July 14 (continued) I had decided to make a detour on my drive from Seattle to Portland and stop at Kruge...

Bourne Ultimatum and Uncle Frank's BBQ (August 4, 2007)

I've said it before, and I'll say it again--women in Jason Bourne's life have incredible luck when it comes to dyeing and hacking off their hair in crappy, poorly lit motels. Maybe I should start cut...

STP 2007 Trip Recap: Seattle (July 26, 2007)

Things have been so busy that I haven't had time to write about our excellent adventure in the Pacific NW! Here's my account of the Seattle part of things. Portland will be along sooner or later... ...

5-day Weekend, Including a Day in SF (July 10, 2007)

Since the 4th of July fell mid-week, I took Thursday and Friday off and enjoyed a nice long 5-day weekend. I did a little relaxing, got some stuff done, and even made it up to the city for a day. It...

Pride and Prejudice Tea Party, Healthy Summer Grilling (June 25, 2007)

Yesterday, we drove over to the East Bay and had brunch at Citron. We were seated by the window with a good view of Rockridge residents walking their mid-sized dogs and chatting on the sidewalk. Roc...

Two Meals Out, Two Meals In, and an Eggbeater Ice Cream Class (May 23, 2007)

Two Meals Out 1. Last Friday, we biked to Palo Alto and had dinner for the first time at St. Michael's Alley. It's on a side street that I don't go down very often, so I kept forgetting it existed...

Weekend High Jinks: Shiok, Kitchen Tidying, The Counter (May 17, 2007)

I took last Friday off to get some errands done, and I had lunch at Shiok in Menlo Park. I'd known about it for a while, but we'd never gotten around to going there. I sat down by the window, read m...

Birthday Adventures (Mostly Culinary) (May 11, 2007)

I had a good birthday weekend. We headed to the East Bay on Saturday, stopping by Romolo's Spumoni and Cannoli Factory to pick up some cannoli for our picnic with Tree and Andrew. I read about Romol...

5-Year Mudd Reunion (May 5, 2007)

As I said in my last entry, we returned to Mudd last weekend for our 5-year college reunion. Prior to the reunion, I kept exclaiming how it didn't feel like it had been 5 years, but I think after the...

Three Dinners, Savory Snacks, Pavlovas, and Mitchell's Ice Cream (April 19, 2007)

First, a few recent meals: 1. Buttermilk-Brined Pork Chops, Millet with Buttermilk and Chives from Lorna Sass's Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way, and steamed peas. The pork chops were good, as us...

A Night on Angel Island (April 9, 2007)

After reading this article and this one in Sunset about Angel Island, I decided that we should go camping there this April. I reserved campsite #5 (supposedly one of the best on the island) for Easte...

Catch-up: Recent Dinners, English Muffins, Oliveto (April 7, 2007)

Oh man, I've let things pile up, and now I have a bunch of stuff to write about. Let's see... Recent meals: I made a batch of Smoky Beef and Bacon Chili from Sunset a week or two ago. It was g...

Weekend in Tahoe (March 20, 2007)

We went on our first ski trip this past weekend. I am bruised and sore, but I enjoyed myself overall. We left work early on Thursday and drove up to Tahoe. We ran into some nasty traffic in the E...

Dinner at Manresa (February 28, 2007)

We celebrated Valentine's Day a few weeks ago with an evening out in the South Bay. We got some free tickets to Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night at the SJ Rep, which turned out to be on...

Portland Visit: Day 5 (February 26, 2007)

Sunday, February 11 Sunday was our last day in Portland. We took the bus up to the Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood (NE Fremont St) for brunch at Bumblekiss, a relatively new restaurant. The restau...

Portland Visit: Day 4 (February 26, 2007)

Saturday, February 10 On Saturday, we walked up to Wild Abandon on Belmont for brunch (and passed this cool superhero garage on our way). I had enjoyed my breakfast there on our last visit, and Pa...

Portland Visit: Day 3 (February 25, 2007)

Friday, February 9 We had planned to go to Gotham Tavern for breakfast on Friday, but when we arrived (after walking around unwelcoming industrial areas in the cold and damp), it was closed, althou...

Portland Visit: Day 2 (February 21, 2007)

Thursday, February 8 We spent all day Thursday enjoying the east side of Portland, which has all sorts of good neighborhoods. And they're all more or less within walking distance of each other (wi...

Portland Visit: Day 1 (February 16, 2007)

I've been having too much fun watching TV every night to write about our very enjoyable trip to Portland last week (I was doing so well not watching TV this summer, but now that it's cold and dark out...

Dutch Babies (Round 5), Kingfish Dinner, Three Recent Meals (January 30, 2007)

First, it appears I forgot to mention that I planted some succulents (from Wegmans) in a large bowl a while back (idea and bowl from Anthropologie). I know nothing about growing succulents, and I was...

Food Roundup: June Taylor Marmalade Class, Fourth Street, Redwood City (January 23, 2007)

First, a picture of the granola I made a while ago with some dried blueberries (yum!) and milk. Not bad, but not amazing. Much healthier than commercial granola though. Our garden seems to ha...

Garden Stuff + Brisket + Granola (January 16, 2007)

I put up a few pictures of our latest garden setup. Click the daisies! As anticipated, the temperature has fallen below freezing at night for the past few days. The first night it happened, I...

Chez TJ, Portland Trip Planning, Lemon Tree Cozy (January 13, 2007)

We had dinner tonight at the very fancy Chez TJ in Mountain View, to celebrate the fact that we both recently got promoted and to take advantage of the discount program Patrick has at work (the offer ...

Cooking Classes, Another SF Visit, East Bay Adventures (December 20, 2006)

Last Thursday was a busy day. In the evening, I took a Oaxacan cooking class at the new Whole Foods, taught by the husband and wife who own Oaxacan Foods (they also sell food at local farmers' market...

Holiday Dress + SF Meals (December 12, 2006)

The Quattro has been serving me well lately. I bought a lot of cute clothes there near the end of my diet, and just last week I bought a dress to wear to my company's holiday party. It's kimono-styl...

Crabby Letdown (December 9, 2006)

Since Dungeness crab is in season, I thought we should have dinner at a seafood restaurant so we could partake in the crabby bounty. We went to The Cantankerous Fish in Mountain View. The food sound...

Good Times in SF (December 5, 2006)

We've done all sorts of good stuff lately! On Friday, we met up with Tree and Andrew and went to Zibibbo for dinner. Last time we both ordered from the prix fixe menu, so we were surprised to find ...

Lots of Pie + No-Knead Bread (November 26, 2006)

This tree near our apartment is turning all sorts of pretty colors and is laden with little berries. I don't know what kind of tree it is, but I like seeing it every morning. So autumnal! Las...

East Bay Lunch: Garibaldi's and Ici (November 12, 2006)

We had a good impromptu lunch outing in the East Bay today with Tree and Andrew. After reading about Ici here via Eggbeater, I decided that we needed to go visit, and who better to bring along than T...

Parcel 104 (November 12, 2006)

Today was enjoyable. It was overcast this morning, so we had some hot cereal for breakfast (Bob's Red Mill 10 Grain--mmm, triticale). For lunch, we had leftover Golden Split Pea Soup (it freezes wel...

Halloween Costume and Cupcakes, Latest Food Adventures (November 5, 2006)

I dressed up as Strawberry Shortcake for Halloween (the original; not the new one--capri pants and flip flops, pshaw!). Since they only sell slutty Strawberry Shortcake costumes online, I ended up ma...

Meal in the Field (November 2, 2006)

On Sunday, we drove up to Santa Rosa to attend Tierra Vegetables' Meal in the Field dinner. It was mentioned in the Millennium newsletter (their chef was one of the two participating in the event), a...

Anniversary Pictures, Petaluma, Arroz con Pollo (October 28, 2006)

Our lemon tree has its first blossom! It seems like an odd time to start making fruit, but what do I know? It smells gooood! Last weekend, we dusted off our tripod and took a bunch of picture...

Tidbits! (October 22, 2006)

I have a bunch of tidbits I've been meaning to mention for the past week... Appearance I haven't gotten my hair highlighted since right before our wedding, and last time I got it cut, the la...

Anniversary Weekend, Part 3: Everything Else (October 14, 2006)

Anniversary Weekend, Part 3: Everything Else After checking out of Olema Druids Hall last Friday morning, we spent a long time looking around their affiliated store, Vita Collage. We ended up buyi...

Anniversary Weekend, Part 1: Dinner at Manka's (October 12, 2006)

I failed to mention it on Sunday, but we just had our one year wedding anniversary! We both agree that being married is awesome. I'm glad :) I have a bunch of pictures from this weekend, so I'll sp...

Delicious Food Adventures in Berkeley (October 1, 2006)

Fall is definitely here, and I'm enjoying it. For dinner this past week, we had chili and very hearty seed-encrusted Steinerbrot from Esther's German Bakery. I had been craving seeds (flax and sesam...

Visit to Colorado + Tour de Fat (September 27, 2006)

We had a great time in Colorado this past weekend. We crammed a lot of relaxing into four days! Friday, September 22: We arrived late Thursday night, took the shuttle home, and went straight to...

Good meals in good company: Millennium and Fresca (September 17, 2006)

For dinner on Thursday, I made a very vegetable-heavy meal of Tamale Pie and Southwestern Corn and Potato Soup, both from Moosewood Low-Fat Favorites, as well as some steamed green beans. The s...

Meal Roundup, Taxidermy Potential Squelched (September 14, 2006)

We went to Straits (in Palo Alto) for the first time last weekend. It's Singaporean food heavily influenced by other Asian cuisines. Everything on the menu looked really good! We started by shari...

Cookies, Social Outings, Shopping (September 2, 2006)

Nat and Sara left for Chicago on Thursday. Patrick took the morning off work to help them load up their moving truck. I did not accompany him, but I did make cookies for them to take on their trip! ...

Greens (August 27, 2006)

We went up to San Francisco last night to hang out with Nat and Sara and some other Stanford people. We decided that since we'd be up there, we might as well have dinner there, so I made reservations...

Indulgent Dinners: Tamarine and Zibibbo (August 22, 2006)

We went out for dinner the past two nights and ate very well. Last night, we went to Tamarine to celebrate Patrick's brother's and dad's birthdays. Before dinner, Patrick got to golf at the Stanford...

Slanted Door, Kayaking (July 31, 2006)

We had yet another good weekend in a long line of good weekends this summer (how'd I get so lucky?). Patrick and I received a gift card to the Slanted Door for our birthdays, so we took the train u...

Chef Adam, why have you forsaken us? (July 26, 2006)

This evening my work softball team (of which I have become the manager, somehow) played a pivotal game, which determined if we would get into the playoffs. We lost, which means our season is over. T...

STP Trip Recap: Portland (July 24, 2006)

Part 2 of 2. Read this entry first! The drive to Portland took about 4 hours. As I passed Centralia (the midway point between Seattle and Portland where many of the STP riders camped on Saturday ...

STP Trip Recap: Seattle (July 24, 2006)

I may have neglected to mention that we were going to visit Seattle and Portland for a week. Well, we did! Patrick, Andrew and Tree did the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic (200 miles in 2 days),...

Beans, Pudding, Gooseberries and Bundt Cake (July 4, 2006)

I did lots of cooking (for fun) yesterday while Patrick was at work. For dinner we had Christmas lima beans with leeks and andouille sausage, Creamy Macaroni Salad, and Cabbage Salad (the latter two ...

Marin County Fair (July 2, 2006)

I'm very much enjoying my four-day weekend (poor Patrick has to go to work tomorrow, but at least he gets Tuesday off). Here's some stuff we've done so far: On Friday night, we had dinner at King ...

Dinner at Millennium (June 25, 2006)

We spent most of the day yesterday in San Francisco. We took Caltrain up and went to a Giants game (versus the A's) in the afternoon. The baseball game itself was okay (I'm helping manage our compan...

Beautiful Day in Marin (May 13, 2006)

We took yesterday off from work and spent the day enjoying nature up in Marin County. It was a great way to spend a Friday :) We started out our morning at McEvoy Ranch (they make olive oil), atte...

San Diego Trip Recap (May 7, 2006)

Also, my brief trip to San Diego for the Regulatory Affairs course went well. The course wasn't about Regulatory Affairs as a career, which is what I was expecting. It was more a summary of FDA regu...

Dinner at Village Pub + Life Update (May 7, 2006)

Tonight we went out for dinner in celebration of my birthday. We went to the Village Pub for the second year in a row (Tamarine was my second choice; we'll have to find an excuse to go there again). ...

Easter Round-up (April 16, 2006)

Yesterday, I got my hair cut at Juut. Nothing remarkable. I've found a length I like, and I'm sticking with it for now. None of the hair pictures we took turned out great, but here are two if you'd...

Fish Tagine with Chermoulla (April 11, 2006)

Tonight we had Fish Tagine with Chermoulla (from Moosewood Low-Fat Favorites) and Trader Joe's Brown Rice Medley (on my mom's recommendation). Not very attractively plated; my apologies! I rea...

Weekend Mini-Vacation (April 3, 2006)

We had a good mini-vacation this weekend in Big Sur. We drove down on Friday evening in the rain and darkness and had a late dinner at the Big Sur Lodge (where we were staying). The restaurant was ...

Colorado Visit (March 29, 2006)

I don't think I mentioned it beforehand, but we spent last Thursday through this Monday visiting my family in Colorado. It's always so nice to go home, both because we get to relax so completely and ...

Saturday in San Francisco (February 19, 2006)

We did all sorts of fun stuff today. I got my hair cut at Juut while Patrick rode his bike in the cold. Then we caught the train to San Francisco and walked around the Ferry Building. I love it the...

Uncle Frank's BBQ (February 4, 2006)

We just had lunch at Uncle Frank's Barbecue. It's located in the back of a bar and has a very casual atmosphere. Our waitress was nice, but very busy, so service was slow. But we had no place to be...

BBQ Letdown (January 28, 2006)

We tried to go to Austin's in Mountain View for some delicious ribs tonight, but when we got there the whole place was dark and it was locked up tight. There weren't any signs up indicating why they ...

Hat and Mittens, Children's Opera, and Christmas Stuff (December 13, 2005)

Last week, I finished a little knitting project I'd been working on. My company participates in a giving tree program every year, and one of the cards I picked was for a 1-year-old girl who wanted a ...

Into the Woods and Tamarine (December 1, 2005)

We just got back from an awesome opening night performance of Into the Woods in Palo Alto (by Theatre Works). It was really well done, and the tickets were super cheap because we're young (I guess th...

Iberia Restaurant and Flea Street Cafe (October 30, 2005)

A brief return to the present so that I can make a few notes about two restaurants we ate at recently (we've been working on cooking for ourselves again, but it's so much easier to be lazy and go out ...

Brunch and Travel (October 9, 2005)

Sunday, October 9, 2005 Brunch and Travel We woke up at a decent hour on the morning after our wedding and headed to Carmel to have brunch with our family and friends still in the area. We got th...

Wedding Eve (October 7, 2005)

Okay, let's do this! (All wedding- and honeymoon-related entries are back-dated) Friday, October 7, 2005 Wedding Eve I took the day off of work (my co-workers were surprised I hadn't taken more...

Bachelorette Party (October 2, 2005)

I had a wonderful (and small) bachelorette party today--just me, Tree, and Erin. I don't have as much fun around big groups of people, so this was great. First, we had lunch at Legendary Palace in O...

Two Weeks to Go!? (September 24, 2005)

I can't believe we're getting married in two weeks! How did that happen? I think we'll have a wonderful wedding and honeymoon, but I'm eager to be done planning and worrying and just get to the good...

Good Weekend (September 11, 2005)

We had a great weekend! We drove down to Pacific Grove on Friday afternoon, and after a little trouble with a closed freeway exit, Patrick registered for the triathlon, and we checked into The Martin...

Wedding Hair Trial and More! (July 12, 2005)

So, this weekend. On Saturday, I drove down to Carmel for my trial wedding hair and makeup appointment with Rebecca, who was recommended by her sister-in-law, Freya, Ventana's recommended hair and ma...

East Coast Visit, In-Depth (July 10, 2005)

Oh boy, lots to catch up on! We went on a quick East Coast visit at the beginning of the week, and when we got home there were just tons of things to do! Our vacation included (1) a day in Boston, (...

Weekend Update + Pegboard! (June 20, 2005)

I kept meaning to write something this weekend, but it was just too nice lounging around instead. Here goes with the update... This past week, Patrick took a big step forward in organizing our tri...

Salon, Barbecue, Le Pot Au Feu (May 15, 2005)

I had a good day today. This morning, I got up relatively early and drove to downtown Palo Alto to have my once in awhile Juut visit. The sun was shining, I had the new Nine Inch Nails CD playing, a...

Dinner at the Village Pub (May 7, 2005)

We went to The Village Pub in Woodside for my birthday dinner, on Nat and Sara's recommendation. It was fancy (but also kind of loud...maybe that's specific to Friday nights). They had a fireplace...

Dress Pictures, Part 3 (April 5, 2005)

Our visit to LA this weekend had its ups and downs, but we got to spend time with Erin, so it was worth it. On Friday after work, we drove down to LA, planning on spending the night at Chrissy's plac...

Barbecue City! (March 19, 2005)

I'm loving our new (used) car so far. It's so much bigger inside than the Mazda MX-6 that we've been borrowing (I'm afraid ours is not as sweet as the one pictured). It's palatial! It was nice driv...

Good Eats (February 26, 2005)

Life is good. A few nights ago, Patrick made the Alton Brown ribs again, but he used ancho chile powder instead of chipotle chile powder, and they were much more my speed. Still a little spicy, but ...

Good Day (February 20, 2005)

I had a wonderful day today! First I went to Juut and had my hair colored and cut. A pricey proposition, but I enjoy it, and I'm only planning on doing it a few times a year (once more in May, then ...

Cinnamon Buns for Breakfast (February 13, 2005)

It's been a good weekend. Yesterday, we went out for breakfast to Ann's Coffee Shop, an old restaurant in downtown Menlo Park. We'd always just walked by it, but the only other breakfast place withi...

Big Day in Big Sur (January 30, 2005)

We just spent an exhausting but great day in Big Sur. We drove down to Monterey last night after work. We were thinking about going to the Aquarium's member's-only night (since we are members and ne...

Basic Cookbook (January 22, 2005)

Last night, we went out for sushi (we've decided to try and make Friday night our date night). The sushi boat place we'd intended to go to in Palo Alto had been replaced by another restaurant, much t...

Happiness, vanity, productivity (January 16, 2005)

Nothing of much importance to say, but I'll say it anyway. Life is good right now. I was thinking the other day that it finally feels like my life is back on track, and that this is where I'm suppos...

Christmas in Colorado (December 29, 2004)

We had a really nice visit to Colorado. I wish it had been longer, but we made the most of our time there. We had the usual Christmas morning brunch with my mom, stepdad, stepdad's ex-wife, stepbrot...

Restaurant: Szechuan Cafe (December 13, 2004)

Restaurant thoughts for my own records: Today I had a work lunch at Szechuan Cafe (on California Ave. in Palo Alto), and it was good! I'd never been there before, and I probably wouldn't have gone...

Happy first day + snooty restaurants (December 7, 2004)

I had a very good first day of work today. I like my new job :) And I have my own business cards and cubicle! It's exciting having my first grown-up job. We went to Carpaccio in Menlo Park for d...

Ennui (November 13, 2004)

The teenage boy who lives above us is apparently playing his guitar and chatting up some girls tonight. Normally he just stomps around upstairs and fights with his mother, but I'm not used to this ki...

Day of Food (November 11, 2004)

I forgot to mention that when my mom was here on Sunday, we went out to eat at The Fish Market (which it turns out she had been to when we lived in Mountain View in the early 80's). I had linguine wi...

Appletastic Pork (November 7, 2004)

Okay, here's the picture of our dinner from a few nights ago. We made Pork with Apples, Calvados, and Apple Cider (but we used Applejack instead of Calvados) and Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage. We used ...

Update (November 6, 2004)

I keep meaning to post about the pork we made for dinner a few days ago, but I need to download the picture I took of it. It won't make for a very exciting post, I'm afraid. My mom's visiting for a ...

Voting and lunch yesterday (November 2, 2004)

We voted! The polling place was in the park behind our apartment complex, so it was really convenient getting there. And the crazy old guy in the pickup truck didn't come out and yell at us. Phew! ...

Monterey/Big Sur Vacation (October 28, 2004)

Woo, Red Sox! I bet Boston is pretty crazy tonight. Patrick wore his Sox baseball cap during much of our vacation, and we got some comments on it. We missed Tuesday's game, but we saw tonight's gam...

Beachtastic (October 19, 2004)

Oh boy, oh boy! Patrick and I are being all spontaneous and taking a small vacation to celebrate our 6-year anniversary. I was lucky enough to get next Tuesday off from my retail job (I normally wor...

New Art (October 18, 2004)

Today we bought art. Menlo Park was having an arts and crafts sidewalk fair all weekend, and after much hemming and hawing, we decided it was worth the expense to have nice things on our walls. We g...

Napa Camping and See Jane Tri (October 12, 2004)

We had a great weekend! There are pictures here. If you want the whole long-winded recap, keep reading... Friday: Patrick and I drove up to Oakland around 2:30 to meet up with Tree, Andrew, an...

Failed Okra Masala (October 2, 2004)

Last night, I made Okra Masala for dinner. I was hoping it would be similar to the Okra Masala at Darbar, since the recipe involved yogurt, tomatoes, and okra, but the two were nothing alike. The re...

Fusion Sushi Boat (October 1, 2004)

We didn't feel like cooking tonight, so we went out for sushi instead. We're still inexperienced at the whole thing, but we liked the place we went to pretty well--Fusion Sushi Boat in downtown Palo...

Bakery Adventures (September 23, 2004)

We did a little bakery scouting this afternoon (Patrick got to go to Home Depot and Good Guys, so the outing wasn't totally boring for him). First, we went to Sugar Plum Bakery in Redwood City. Turn...

Pie and Cost Plus (September 19, 2004)

Last night, we had a hankering for ribs, so we went to Austin's for dinner. It's not awesome food, but I liked it better this time around than last time. I had a combo plate of St. Louis ribs and br...

L.A. Triathlon (September 14, 2004)

We're back home in the Bay Area. We had a great time in L.A. this weekend and got to see lots of people from Mudd. We drove down on Friday and stayed at Morley and Erika's place that night. Then on...

Pictures: Beach and Apartment (September 9, 2004)

We went to the beach today, as planned. It was wonderful. We took the scenic route there, taking the 84 and then Highway 1. It looks like the farmers around Half Moon Bay are already gearing up for...

Mudd's (August 31, 2004)

No time to write a long entry, but I wanted to say that I had dinner at Mudd's Restaurant in San Ramon today, with my CyberSense coworkers, and I was very impressed. They have these gardens behind th...

Attack of the Termites! (August 17, 2004)

We've had good meals the past few nights. On Sunday, we went out for sushi at Fuki Sushi with Patrick's friends Sergei and Kristen (I guess they can be my friends too now). I'd never been to a real ...

Dinner and a Movie (August 14, 2004)

We had a nice night out yesterday. First, we went to see Garden State (it's playing in Mountain View now, so we didn't have to go to San Francisco). I liked it. It made me cry, but that's not a big...

Three Seasons (August 9, 2004)

Phew, I'm full! We just had dinner at Three Seasons, which is one of the restaurants participating in Dine Downtown Palo Alto. Three Seasons is a Vietnamese restaurant, very attractively decorated. ...

Rockridge (July 31, 2004)

Yesterday, we explored Rockridge, a nice neighborhood in Oakland/Berkeley, scoping out bakeries for me to work at in case we end up living nearby. We walked around College Ave., which is a cute downt...

Food, Food, Food (July 29, 2004)

This morning, we made French Toast with Bananas for breakfast. Here's a picture (picture of french toast); it didn't turn out very prettily, so I relegated it to a pop up window. Maybe a sprinkling ...

Almost There (July 25, 2004)

Today, I realized my fridge was pretty bare, so I went out for lunch. I bought myself a sandwich at the new Mariposa Bakery, near Central Square, which is where Cezanne Bakery used to be. I got a ro...

Pack, Pack, Pack (July 23, 2004)

The building outside my bedroom window is getting really tall! I'm not sure how much higher it'll go. And I won't be here to see it, because I'm leaving on Monday! Yay! I'm going to miss a lot...

Recap (July 7, 2004)

I should write an entry before I forget what we did today and yesterday! I should also work on my thesis, but I spent most of today doing that, so it can wait a little longer. Let's see...yesterda...

This is what summer should be like (July 3, 2004)

I'm safe and happy in California! My flight was delayed last night, so I got in pretty late. Patrick's living in Nat and Sara's cottage now, which I kept forgetting. I expected us to go to his old ...

Orzo, Shrimp, and Feta Cheese (June 24, 2004)

I had a good dinner tonight: Orzo with Shrimp, Feta and White Wine. The only changes I made were adding in some green onions and using peppercorn feta instead of plain. I was going to make som...

It's like summer! (June 9, 2004)

Patrick's gone again. He left this morning at 6:30 (crappy early flight), and now it's almost time for me to go to work like it's a normal day. I'm sad. But here's what we did yesterday: Since I...

Spicy! (June 7, 2004)

We didn't do anything too interesting today, but I'll write it all down anyway, for posterity. First, we headed to work so I could do a few things in lab. I felt guilty for leaving after an hour, ...

An expensive but fun day (June 6, 2004)

We had a fun day today, despite it being rainy and cold (in June!). Oh, but first I should mention that I gave Patrick a surprise present last night (just for being done with quals and because I like...

Grad student work ethic, Indian food (May 31, 2004)

There was hardly anybody at work today; in fact I think there were more people at work yesterday. Now that I've started working on weekends and holidays, I've realized that most grad students don't w...

Weekend Recap (longwinded as usual) (May 18, 2004)

Vacation recap: Saturday: We started out our Saturday by going to Filoli, which I'd been wanting to visit for a long time. I think I was expecting it to be more like the Arnold Arboretum, all s...

Maybe I love Flour a little too much... (May 7, 2004)

I've realized that it's been far too long since I've been to Flour! Patrick and I were thinking of going when he visited, but the whole appendectomy thing got in the way of that. Unfortunately, I ha...

Naan and Wedding Thoughts (April 28, 2004)

Yet another successful post-surgery dinner tonight. We ordered a bunch of Indian food from India Pavilion (via Dining In), and my stomach seems to be perfectly happy with it. Phew! I had coconut so...

Dinner at the Rialto (April 24, 2004)

We had a good day today. I had to go to work for a few hours, unfortunately, but Patrick patiently accompanied me--what a man :) We also got ice cream at Toscanini's (flavorwise, I had khulfee and c...

Mmm, Scallops (April 17, 2004)

Today was gorgeous, and even though I had to be at work for most of it, I managed to get outside at lunchtime. I'm sick and tired of bringing my own lunches every day, so I figured I'd take myself ou...

Is it over already? (April 7, 2004)

I'm going to head back to the airport in a few hours, saying goodbye to Patrick and California yet again. I hate this part, but at least I have the prospect of not having to say goodbye in a few mont...

Yum, Southern Food (March 6, 2004)

Yesterday, we watched two movies: Lost in Translation and Whale Rider (we're a little bit behind the times when it comes to last year's movies). Both of them were beautiful, and I'm glad I saw them, ...

The Asgard and Hart Bochner (February 29, 2004)

I realized I never wrote about our dinner at The Asgard on Thursday night. Our waitress was really nice, first of all. We (Seema, Shani the girl from the Media Lab, and me) started out with potato s...

Seema's Visit (February 27, 2004)

So I went out to dinner in Harvard Square with Mike Rust and Seema tonight. It was my first time meeting Mike, even though we both went to Mudd, and he graduated only a year before me. He and Seema ...

Sunny Day (February 26, 2004)

Seema's here (she's a candidate for grad school in the MIT Media Lab, in case I didn't say that before). It sounds like she had a great time talking to people today; I think the Media Lab is way cool...

Haircut Pictures (February 21, 2004)

I solved my picture problem, so here's my hair, before and after. And if you want more pictures, here they are (open in new window): Another picture of my haircut You still want to see pict...

A Very Nice Day (February 21, 2004)

[I'm having some technical difficulties, so I can't post pictures of my new haircut just yet. But I will as soon as I can...] I had a very nice day out today! First, I went to Liquid where Holly ...

Food, Food, and Food (February 14, 2004)

Well, our dinner last night at Austin's was good, but the ribs weren't the kind I was craving. These ribs were very meaty, with the meat falling off the bone, and they were dry, with sauce on the sid...

Good Stuff (February 13, 2004)

I bought ramekins! See, for Valentine's Day, Patrick's making me dinner, and I'm making a dessert that requires ramekins (I'll tell you more once it's been made). So while we were at the Stanford Sh...

Mmm, Caramelized Onions (February 12, 2004)

Yum...I just ate my leftover sandwich from yesterday's WOMS meeting (I forgot it in the office fridge yesterday), and it was still good. I love these sandwiches. Here's the description from the Rebe...

Ribs (February 7, 2004)

I just had free dinner at Village Smokehouse in Brookline. The SP government members all went for an afternoon meeting, followed by dinner. The meeting wasn't that useful to me, but it was nice gett...

Weekend Update (January 18, 2004)

I forgot to mention yesterday that Patrick took me to Draeger's (a local gourmet supermarket) for the first time. It was nice, but not as amazing as I was expecting it to be (I was hoping it would be...

Ah, California (January 17, 2004)

We've had a good day so far. We slept in, then went to Joanie's for brunch. Very tasty, but it made us both sluggish the rest of the day. Then we did some errands, and then I had a craving for home...

New Year's Eve in SF (January 1, 2004)

Hello, 2004! This morning, Patrick made me banana waffles, and he even washed all the dishes afterwards! What a good boyfriend :) So last night had its low points, but overall, it was great. Fir...

Food, Glorious Food! (December 30, 2003)

Patrick and I just made a tasty dinner. It's good having him around, because we actually got everything finished at about the same time, which is much easier with two people working than one. Bake...

Rainy Day (December 29, 2003)

Today's a rainy day. We went out this morning to LensCrafters so Patrick could get a new contact lens prescription (I'm a good nagger), but we've stayed in other than that. I just made hard-boiled e...

Rock Shrimp Bisque (December 26, 2003)

So this afternoon, my mom and I went out to lunch at Nokhu (the first time I went, it was with my dad, Vicki, and Lianna, so my mom had never been). In addition to mother-daughter bonding, I was hopi...

Mmm, Nokhu (December 23, 2003)

I'm too lazy to write about my day again, so I'll just include an excerpt from my email to Patrick. For most of the day, I just sat around knitting, so the only interesting thing to tell about is din...

Movies and Food (December 22, 2003)

And here's what we did today (okay, technically yesterday): Today, we slept in and then had biscuits and scrambled eggs for breakfast (I have a limited amount of food, since I'll be going on vacati...

New York City (December 22, 2003)

Here's my exceedingly long recap of our New York City adventure: Friday: So our New York adventure started out at 6:45 Friday morning. We took the T to Chinatown, got some hot chocolate for Pat...

Pizza Woes (December 16, 2003)

Aww, why is Round Table Pizza only in California? I miss them! They have better toppings than these other guys. Guess I'll order from Papa John's instead. In college, Patrick and I would order fro...

Thanksgiving Recap (November 29, 2003)

Well, I'm back in stupid, cold Boston (tickets for a Sunday return were way too expensive, what with it being Thanksgiving weekend). Here's what happened after I wrote last: Thursday: We headed o...

Colorado Visit (November 11, 2003)

I had a very nice visit home to Colorado, although I wish it could've been longer. Friday: Patrick and I both arrived at DIA around 7 pm, and my mom and little sister Lianna picked us up a little ...

Bay Area Bakeries (October 23, 2003)

I've finally found a list of bakeries in Palo Alto (guess I wasn't looking hard enough before). It is now my goal to visit all of the bakeries on this list before next summer, to see if any of them l...

End of California Visit (October 13, 2003)

I'm back home and in a bad mood, as usual (compared to relaxing with Patrick in California, being back at MIT sucks every time). I didn't do much today, other than being sad that I had to leave Patri...

End of California Visit (September 22, 2003)

Home again, home again...I've decided to save the laptop-buying until tomorrow, and I'm just going to take it easy and catch up on things tonight. So I think last I wrote, we were about to go out t...

Laptop Excitement (September 20, 2003)

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy--I'm going to get a laptop next week! Patrick has thrown a (nice) wrench in my plans though, by offering to pay the difference between a 12" iBook and 12" G4 Powerbook. So I g...

Magnolia's (September 9, 2003)

We had a pretty uneventful day until dinner today--we lounged around in the morning, then I went to class and did some work. For dinner, we went back to Magnolia's. We started with Fried Green Tom...

Mitchell's Ice Cream (September 9, 2003)

Note to self: go to Mitchell's Ice Cream in San Francisco. Avocado ice cream sounds good!...

Less Lazy Day (September 8, 2003)

Back to work today. Of course, I only worked until 2, then I went back home to Patrick (I figure I don't have to feel guilty if Patrick's the reason I'm leaving early). After Patrick worked out an...

Lazy Day (September 7, 2003)

Today we did a lot of sleeping, eating, and walking, and not much else. But first, the results of my teeth whitening endeavor. Click here for the unflattering before/after picture. The results are ...

Fun Day in Boston (September 6, 2003)

We had a full day today! First, we went to brunch at Centro. According to the sign on their window, it was their first brunch ever, and we were the first customers--unfortunately, brunch didn't star...

Tree and Andrew's Wedding, Part 1 (August 19, 2003)

Okay, here we go (and might I just add, I had a wonderful time on this trip, despite how busy we were): Tuesday: My flight got into San Francisco around 8pm. Patrick picked me up, and then we wen...

Tree and Andrew's Wedding, Part 2 (August 19, 2003)

(this is Part 2 of my story; read Part 1 first) Friday: So Friday was when the wedding stuff started in earnest, and since Patrick was the best man, he was involved in most of it (and I was lucky ...

Research Group Dinner (August 7, 2003)

I went out to dinner with my research group tonight. We were celebrating Juan's marriage, and Anne took us all out (she's so nice!). We went to an Irish pub in Kendall Square, and they had lobster f...

Pittsburgh Adventures (August 4, 2003)

I'm back! We had a great weekend. Luckily, I get to spend almost a week with Patrick starting next Tuesday (we're taking a few extra days of vacation in California before Tree and Andrew's wedding)....

Ice Cream Happiness (July 28, 2003)

Our group's new post-doc is from Japan, and he brought us all presents--that's so nice of him! He gave each of us biodegradable toothbrushes (they're cool if you're a polymer scientist :) and an addr...

Pittsburgh Adventures (July 21, 2003)

I had a wonderful weekend. It's too bad that every time I visit Patrick, I end up hating MIT for a few days, before I get back into my routine. Why am I here? I don't enjoy anything I'm doing; at m...

Boston Adventures (July 12, 2003)

I was sitting in my room, feeling mopey and unproductive this morning, and I decided I should get outside and enjoy the nice weather while I could. So I did! I took the T downtown and went to DSW (t...

Boston Adventures (July 7, 2003)

Okie doke...all pictures are pop ups. Look out, this entry is looong! If you just want to look at the pictures, they're in my Boston photo album. Friday: We had breakfast at Miracle of Science, a...

Pittsburgh Adventures (June 23, 2003)

I'm home! I had a very nice weekend with Patrick in Pittsburgh, but it wasn't nearly long enough. Friday: When I was waiting for my plane at Logan, I noticed there was a bird flying around the ter...

Rodin Picnic (June 11, 2003)

We had a good, busy day today. First, I went to work with Patrick because he had to meet with another grad student about this paper they're working on. That didn't take too long, and after that, we ...

Bay Area Adventures (June 10, 2003)

Hoo boy, it's late! But I'm not that tired (last night, I could hardly keep my eyes open after 9 or so). Let's see, this morning, we went and had bagels for breakfast at Noah's Bagels in downtown Pa...

Arrived in California (June 9, 2003)

Well, I got to Palo Alto safe and sound yesterday night. I had to wait around the airport for a while because Patrick was driving back up from Southern California (he was helping his sister move). T...

Ice Cream Happiness (May 30, 2003)

The weather was great today! It was the perfect day to leave work early, rent some movies, and eat ice cream. So that's what I did :) See, Anne (my advisor) took the day off, so we didn't have gr...

Boston Adventures (May 19, 2003)

Yesterday we had beautiful weather, and today looks good too! First, we went down to Boston Common and watched people at the Frog Pond for a while. Then we saw The Matrix Reloaded (it was a matinee ...

Mall Fail (May 17, 2003)

Today was tiring! First, I made Patrick brunch (he washed all the dishes). Then we went to Copley Place (Boston's hoity-toity mall) to look for various stuff. According to the Copley Place website,...

Alumni Weekend Recap (May 5, 2003)

My email isn't working, so I feel all shut off from the world. Luckily, they're supposed to have it up and running again around 5 tonight. I hope so! I did SEM (scanning electron microscopy) all ...

End of Visit (April 20, 2003)

Well, Patrick's at the airport, waiting for his flight home. I miss him already. But let's see--what did we do yesterday and today... Yesterday, we took the T into Boston and had lunch at Flour. ...

Magnolia's (April 19, 2003)

Magnolia's was very good. The walk there was really cold, but I was happy once we got inside. The restaurant had blue walls and murals and a big glowing moon--the only decoration element I didn't li...

Sorella's (April 18, 2003)

Holy dude! We just went to Sorella's (in Jamaica Plain) for brunch, and I'm full! Patrick's been wanting waffles ever since our visit to Hash House a Go Go (in San Diego), and Sorella's looked to be...

San Diego Trip Recap (March 30, 2003)

Okay, here we go! If you don't want to click on all the links and read everything, you can look at the most interesting pictures in my photo album, here. And for everybody else, here's a recap of ou...

New Lamp (March 1, 2003)

We took it easy today. I went and bought a lamp (finally!), as well as a cheap iron and ironing board. I waited until Patrick was here to I could get his help carrying everything home from Economy H...

Dinner Out (February 28, 2003)

Wow! Patrick and I went out to dinner tonight at Harvard Square. We ate at Fire + Ice, which I'd eaten at once before. And we had dessert at Finale (amazing presentation, very tasty, but on the exp...

Bella Luna (February 17, 2003)

So Bella Luna was pretty good. I had this crazy salmon-zucchini ravioli with cream sauce, even though I don't like salmon or zucchini very much (I couldn't pass up such a creative dish). It was actu...

Missing the Blizzard (February 16, 2003)

So apparently, the East Coast is getting hit with some nasty blizzard-type weather right now. I'd actually enjoy being in the middle of that if I could stay inside in my pajamas, but I like being wit...

Bay Area Adventures (February 16, 2003)

Yesterday was fun! We went to Target, and then we saw The Recruit at AMC Mercado 20 (the theater next to the Virgin Mary statue--pictures coming soon). It was good, but not spectacular. And then, w...

Cooking Classes (February 2, 2003)

So I happened to turn on the TV today (what a shock!), and our local public TV station was having a pledge drive. They had a local chef on, and apparently, earlier today, they had Joanne Chang, the o...

Pink Eye (January 23, 2003)

I watched Riding in Cars with Boys while Patrick was doing work. It was a good movie. I don't think it's good enough to buy forever, but definitely good enough to rent. And it had Maggie Gyllenhaal...

Dutch Crunch! (January 21, 2003)

Patrick and I went all over San Mateo today because he doesn't have class until tomorrow (but he does have an IM basketball game tonight). We went to Barnes and Noble, where he bought the super-duper...

Mmm, Zachary's (January 20, 2003)

Last night, we went to Zachary's in Berkeley with Noah and Jenny (Noah is a friend from college, and Jenny is his girlfriend). We had stuffed pizza, and it was way good. And the Raiders won the pre-...

Fire and Ice (December 7, 2002)

I went to dinner with the rest of the LSC projectionists for free tonight. We went to Fire and Ice in Harvard Square. It's like Mongolian BBQ, but fancier. For those of you not in the know, at a Mo...

North End + Present for Patrick (November 13, 2002)

Well, my boy's gone back to California. He's on the plane right now. It was a nice visit, and I get to see him in two weeks (I'm going to visit him for Thanksgiving). Last night, we went to the Nor...

Boston Adventures (November 12, 2002)

Patrick and I had a fun time exploring Boston yesterday. We didn't have any definite plans, so first we took the T to Boston Common, which seemed like a good starting place. We walked around the pub...

Nola (October 13, 2002)

Last night I had dinner with Patrick's family (they live in Palo Alto) at a place called Nola, which serves Cajun food. I don't think I've ever had Cajun food before--it was good! I had a carmelized...

Dinner with Z (July 4, 2002)

Last night, Z took Patrick and I to Mi Piace in Pasadena. It was to thank Patrick for helping do a colloquium on short notice; I just tagged along. It was really nice! And the prices started at Oli...

Zuppa Toscana (May 23, 2002)

Mmm...we went to Olive Garden tonight and I had the soup that I've been thinking about ever since we were there last. It's called Zuppa Toscana, and here's an imitation recipe from allrecipes.com. T...

Graduation Pictures (May 20, 2002)

Here are a few pictures from graduation (click on the squinty Caitlin): My dad and I had dinner with Patrick's family at the ever-wonderful Harvard Square Cafe. They had a limited menu, so tha...

Tapas (May 5, 2002)

Woo! I've been wondering ever since I got my Gap sweater jacket (I try not to be trendy, but when something's pretty, why not?) what stitch it was knit in. I didn't put much effort into finding out,...

Taughannock Farms (August 2, 2001)

If you're ever in the Ithaca area and feel like spending a good chunk o' money, check out Taughannock Farms. It sounds like some chicken parts company, but it's actually a classy inn and restaura...